APPENDIX. 



station, appeared to conduct the confidential affairs of the British 

 cabinet, with the government of Buenos Ayres. 



What effects the victory of Maipu will produce abroad, it would 

 be hazardous in ine to conjecture. Whether like the capture of 

 Burgoyne, it will procure for the United Provinces foreign alli- 

 ances, I cannot pretend to say. 



From a source which is entitled to credit, I was informed that 

 the raising and embarkation of Osorio's army in Peru, was not ac- 

 complished without serious difficulties. Alternate force and per- 

 suasion were used to collect them, and nothing but the name, cha- 

 racter, and promises of their general, could have induced them to 

 go on board of the vessels, prepared for the purpose, at the port 

 of Callao. Some of them were actually in a state of mutiny, not- 

 withstanding they were told they would be received with open 

 arms by their brethren in Chili. 



The forces finally embarked, agreeably to an account furnished 

 by a gentleman of undoubted veracity, on the spot, consisted of 

 the following troops: 



Company of artillery, - - 



ro 



Company of sappers and miners, 



- 81 



Regiment of Bruges, - - - 



900 



Regiment of San Carlos infantry. 



- 9or 



Regiment of Arequipa, 



1000 



Arequipa dragoons, _ - - 



- 160 



Lamas, - - - - - 



144 





326£ 



This army was composed of all the regular soldiers they could 

 spare from Lima, who were united at Talcaguna, to the royal for- 

 ces left in Chili. By the battle of Maipu, it has ceased to exist. 

 The probable effects in Peru, and other parts of South America> 

 may be conjectured, but cannot be affirmed. The same gentle- 

 man who has been mentioned, and who is conversant in Peruvian 

 affairs, apprehended that important changes would result. 



1 cannot conclude this paper without drawing your attention to 

 a rapid survey of the reforms and improvements in the province 

 of Buenos Ayres, produced by the revolution and its influence on 

 knowledge, society and manners. 



The effects of the revolution are visible in the changes produced 



